Air Crash Investigations April 4, 1975. At the end of the Vietnam War, the U.S. army loaded hundreds of orphans onto their largest transport aircraft plane to fly them to safety. Only minutes into their escape, the plane lost control and crashed in a paddy field near the airport. Sadly, only half of the children onboard survived. The investigation began immediately, as officials searched desperately for an answer to why t 2026-05-07 It's August 6th, 2005. High over the Mediterranean, two pilots struggle with a stalled engine. 73 kilometres from land, the pilots are faced with an impossible decision while passengers are forced to make life or death decisions. The accident will tear families apart, set in motion a massive rescue effort at sea and trigger a multinational investigation to discover why both engines on one of the w 2026-05-07 The pilots of Flight 1493 configure the 737 for landing and although they repeatedly radio the tower for instructions, their calls go unanswered. They finally get clearance just moments before landing, but within seconds of touching down, the aircraft erupts in flames and crashes into an abandoned brick building. Can investigators determine what went wrong? 2026-05-07 On February 8, 1986 a calm trip through the Rocky Mountains ends in disaster, when a VIA Rail train slams head-on into an enormous freight train. How did the two trains wind up on the same piece of track? An inquiry makes shocking discoveries about the men who run the freight trains in Canada. 2026-05-08 On the evening of 26 September 2000, the Greek ferry, Express Samina, was on its normal route between Athens and the island of Paros when it smashed into a huge rock. It took fifty minutes for the ferry to sink into the freezing and dark waters. With over five hundred people onboard, eighty people were lost at sea. The investigation pieces together survivor's accounts and forensic evidence making 2026-05-08 One of the largest train disasters in US history. A freight train rumbling through the calm suburb of San Bernardino, California, derails and crashes, destroying homes and taking lives. Less than two weeks later a pipeline, weakened in the clean-up of the derailment, explodes. 2026-05-08